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sixteenmo

[ siks-teen-moh ]
/ ˈsɪksˈtin moʊ /
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noun, plural six·teen·mos.

Also called sextodecimo. a book size (about 4×6 in.; 10×15 cm) determined by printing on sheets folded to form 16 leaves or 32 pages.
a book of this size. Symbol: 16mo, 16°

adjective

printed, folded, or bound in sixteenmo; sextodecimo.

Nearby words

  1. sixmo,
  2. sixpence,
  3. sixpenny,
  4. sixte,
  5. sixteen,
  6. sixteenpenny,
  7. sixteenth,
  8. sixteenth amendment,
  9. sixteenth note,
  10. sixteenth rest

Origin of sixteenmo

First recorded in 1840–50; sixteen + -mo
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Examples from the Web for sixteenmo

  • Other sizes occasionally used are called “sixteenmo” or “sextodecimo,” “eighteenmo” or “octodecimo,” etc.

    The Story of Books|Gertrude Burford Rawlings

British Dictionary definitions for sixteenmo

sixteenmo

/ (ˈsɪksˈtiːnməʊ) /

noun plural -mos

Also called: sextodecimo a book size resulting from folding a sheet of paper into 16 leaves or 32 pages, each one sixteenth the size of the sheetOften written: 16mo, 16°
a book of this size
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Word Origin and History for sixteenmo

sixteenmo

n.

"book printed on sheets of 16 leaves," 1847, from an English reading of the printers' Latin abbreviation 16-mo, representing sexto decimo "sixteen."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper